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San Mateo County’s plan to widen 14 miles of Highway 101 from 8 to 10 lanes with new toll lanes reaches a critical milestone in just one week on Friday January 19, when public comments on the project’s draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) must be received. Send an email to sm101DEIR_EA_comments@dot.ca.gov. Caltrans…

In an ongoing downward cycle of bus service cuts and ridership losses, the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) will eliminate six bus routes and adjust six others on January 21 to partially compensate for the loss, “merging 12 of its routes into six to simplify service.” The cuts come following…

The San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) approved the $1.2 million Dumbarton Transportation Corridor Study on Wednesday December 6, capping 22 months of study by the agency on how to ferry more commuters across the Dumbarton Bridge to access jobs in the mid-Peninsula region. The only major change from the…

Under ongoing public pressure to find space (only 12 – 16 feet needed) for a pedestrian and bicycle path along the Dumbarton Rail tracks from Redwood City to East Palo Alto, San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) staff have agreed to strike their original recommendation to exclude such a path…

The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously at their Tuesday November 21 meeting, on consent calendar, to cut the annual subsidy the County provides to the San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans) for bus service in half, from $5 million to $2.5 million. The County began allocating $5…

Facebook has been calling the shots on which Dumbarton Corridor Transportation Plan projects get prioritized, pushing SamTrans staff to support a bus-way over a bicycle and pedestrian path along the Dumbarton tracks between Redwood City and East Palo Alto. The public has argued vigorously since the draft plan was published in…

Belle Haven residents and community members sent a clear message to SamTrans at a September 25 community meeting on the agency’s new Dumbarton Corridor Transportation Plan. A walking and bicycling path along the train tracks is desired, and bus traffic should stay in bus lanes on Bayfront Expressway and not…